Francis Pritchard

The Tech Lab is Pritchard's primary workspace, as well as his office. It's a spacious, windowless space. A large desk with Pritchard's personal terminal sits in the center, while work surfaces littered with technical components are scattered around the perimeter. Surveillance camera monitors are mounted on the wall behind Pritchard's chair. In front of Pritchard's desk, past the aisle, stands an arch of old CRT monitors, and behind it is a half-assembled motorcycle. A Final Fantasy poster and a promotional poster for the motorcycle can be seen on the nearby wall.

• smokes, mostly cigarettes
• caffeine in any format – coffee, energy drinks, tablets
• regularly neglects sleep

He's 183 cm tall and weighs 80 kg. He's a tall, lean man with gray-blue eyes, sharp features, and thin lips. He has shoulder-length dark brown hair that he usually wears in a slicked ponytail, but a few short strands still fall into his face. He wears a white turtleneck, dark blue cargo pants with a black belt with two rows of studs, and a cropped brown leather jacket with orange shoulder accents, a high collar, and a white stripe on the sleeve.

• Pritchard's nickname is "Nucl3arSnake".
• Drives a motorcycle. Prefers to tinker with it himself.
  My favorite game series is Final Fantasy. Consequently, my favorite character from it is Aerith.
• Secretly writes the same mediocre scripts for TV series about hackers, which are sent to Pik-TV.

Pritchard has an infolink—a communication module installed in his temple. He also has a biochip. Pritchard also presumably uses cerebral hacking modifications. All augmentations are subcutaneous.

At just over thirty years old, Pritchard possesses a keen intellect and the ability to quickly grasp complex models (such as data sets), but he is virtually incapable of creative thinking outside his field. He is not a man of action, like some of his colleagues. At first glance, he even appears lazy, though in reality, his behavior stems from physical weakness. He compensates for this weakness with a fierce arrogance and intellectual prowess.

Having lived for many years among people who are physically but not intellectually superior to him, Pritchard has developed a habit of speaking sarcastically and condescendingly to everyone he meets. His smug demeanor prevents any emotional connection with his interlocutor.

After Adam returns from sick leave, Francis quickly resolves the flickering issue with his retinal display, wittingly or unwittingly provoking another conflict. And this time, Jensen may well end the conversation with an unambiguous threat.

Frank doesn't stop at his demonstrative attitude and strives to discredit Jensen in the eyes of his superiors. Despite all of the above, Pritchard acknowledges Jensen's achievements and doesn't engage in outright sabotage. In one of his letters to Sharif, he writes: "Surprisingly, Jensen's measures actually worked that evening. Remember the alarm that went off? It was a backup module that I added to the alarm code at HIS insistence." He does his job efficiently, without arguments, and doesn't hide facts from Jensen, even trying to help him find answers. Over time, Pritchard begins to behave more calmly towards Adam. This is especially noticeable during a return visit to Detroit, when Jensen asks Frank to send men to guard Michelle Walters' apartment and not tell Sharif. Pritchard agrees and even asks Jensen to be more careful.

Pritchard has a tough character, but he and Farida Malik are the only ones who never lie to Adam or try to manipulate him.

Pritchard provides logistical support to Jensen and maintains communication between him and David Sharif.

Francis joined the company around 2020.

As the head of information security at Sharif Industries, Francis is responsible for the company's software and digital security. His job description notes his exceptional out-of-the-box thinking, but his unethical attitude toward colleagues has been criticized.

Pritchard provides Adam Jensen with information support via the infolink in the field. Francis is well-versed in security systems and various entry points, including secret and backdoor routes.

The Physical Security Service was founded largely on Frank's initiative, but he offered David Sharif well-known companies like Dynacore, Sharp Edge, and Belltower. Sharif preferred someone unaffiliated with established corporations and hired Jensen. Pritchard disapproved of this choice.

Frank was born in 1991 in Concord, New Hampshire.

Before joining Sharif Industries, Pritchard was a black hat hacker. He was arrested on July 17th on charges of "fraud and other activity related to access devices and computers" along with four unknown accomplices. The year of his arrest and the names of his accomplices have been redacted from the file. It is also noted that Frank Pritchard was released on August 23rd, and the charges against him were dropped.

Francis Wendell Pritchard is the head of information security at Sharif Industries. He has a nasty personality, but is a true professional.